Improvement in washing-machines



niih glatte JoHNH. DUSTAN, or SPARTANSBURG, :PENNSY maiala [that fitto Letters Patent No. 109,501, dated November 2.2, 1870; antedate November 19, 1870.

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The Schedulev referred to in these Letters Patent; and Ina-kingl part QE the same.

To .all whom, it may concern.-

Beitknown that I, 'JOHN H. DUsrAN', of Spartansbnrg, inl the county of Crawford and Stato of Penn- Sylvania, have invented a newand Improved Washing- Machine; and I do hereby declare that the follow# 'ing is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same,

reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, in-which'- 'Figure lis asection'al elevation, and VFigure 2 islarpian zview.

lThis invention consists in a corrugated and slot-ted squeezer, worked with a reciprocating motion toward land away from the corrugated end ot' the snds-box,- `and ceinbi'ned, by a pitman, with -an elbow-lever opcrating'throngh an orifice in the box cover, and withthe rock-shaftv on' the topAof the box, to which thev elbow-lever 'is attached, said rock-shaft being provided with a Vspringthat draws back the squeezr after'it has been moved-forward by hand, the snds-box heilig comb-ined with a chamber which receives the water forced by the wringer ont of the clothes, and conducts such water either back into thesnds-bcx or away from themachine.

`In the drawing- .ranged to operate as described.

a is thesuglsfbox.; 1), theeh l 'ber to receive water from the jwringer;` c, theo fic'elby which sncirwater findsj its way back is-hox;

into the 1t, therock-shaft 5^ 7.2, the spring on theeibw-iever; and

l, the handle inserted in the socket of the elbowlever; and used-for throwing the sqneezer forwardfthe :spring k'drawi-ng'it back.

v `Having.'` thus described ln'y invention,`A y f Vhat I ciaini as new, and desire `to secure by Letlhefsnds-box u, combined with dripping-box 11,' squeezcr c, p itman J, elbow-lever a', rock-shaft h, and spring Je, when all theseparts are. constructed and ar- J OHN H. DUSTAN.. -Witnesses: D. W. Am,

G. W. BLAKEsLnn. 

